Premium-certificate.



R. E. GREGG.

PREMIUM CERTIFICATE. APPLICATION FILED Nov. 7. I9I4.

Patented Aug. 3, 1915;

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ROBERT ELY GREGG, F INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA, ASSIGrNOIRb T0 THE HAMILTON Coitronnrioiv, or NEW YORK,

N. Y., A. CORPORATIONOF DELAWARE.

rnEiviiUM-CnRTIricATE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed November 7, 1914. Serial No. 870,812.

y alcitizen of the United States, and a resident State of Indiana,

of Indianapolis, in the county of Marion and have invented a new and Improved Premium-Certificate, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact descrip-` tion.

The stamps, coupons and in conjunction with the sale or distribution of articles of merchandise and redeemable for valuablepremiums.

invention relates to certificates,

f The `object of the invention is to provide a ynew and improved premium certicate arranged t'o induce trade or patronage of particular articles of merchandise to the manufacturer, seller or distributer of such articles, and t'o enable the purchaser of such articles of merchandise to obtain a valuable premium and an additional consideration -g to be used by the purchaser as fa gift and which is of no value to the purchaser of the articles of merchandise and only becomes valuable when received and used by a third party, such as a church, Sunday school, hospital, charitable organization or other beneicent institution.

In order to accomplish the desired result, use is made of redeemablec'oupons detachably connected with each other, one of the said llcoupons bearing conventional indications to constitute a purchasers coupon redeemable for a valuable premium, and the other coupon bearing conventional indications to constitute a benefaction 'coupon transferable by the purchaser' to a third party and redeemable by the latter for a valuable consideration.

A practical embodiment of the invention is represented in the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specificatiom'in which similar characters of referenceindicate corresponding parts in bo'th views.

Figurel is a plan view of one face of the" premium certificate; and Fig@ 2 is a ,similar view of the other face of the premium certiicate. I v n The premium certicate is inthe form of a strip of paper ordike material divided into a main coupon- A and an auxiliary coupon B, the coupons being separated by a row of perforations, lines or other separable means (J to permit of conveniently separating or detaching the coupon B from the like instrumentsissued coupon A. In the preferred embodiment of the' invention as shown in Figs. l and 2, the main coupon A is provided on one face.with' vconventional indications in the form of printed matter to constitute a purchasers coupon redeemable for a valuable premium; for instance,as shown in Figs. l and: 2, the

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coupon A bears the legend D Good for I valuable premiums and valso contains the legend E This coupon equals 5 Ham. Doe coupons in securing the valuable premiums described in vour free premium vcatalogue upon the conditions stated therein. It -is understood that the coupons are issued in various denominations. bears the facsimile signature H of the issuing party. .The other face of the coupon A discloses the same value F as shown on the other face and it also bears the following legend: Hain. Doe coupons packed with the oods of many manufacturers are exchange; able for-valuable premiums at more than 500 psrremiumv parlors throughout the United tates. Free. Send postal for list of goods containing Ham. Doe coupons, premium catalogue, address of premium parlor Anearest to you and 25 free coupons to start your collection. The Ham. Doe Corporation and the address thereof. i

The auxiliary coupon B bears the following legend I on one face (see Fig. l) This extra coupon is issued to be given by you to help your church, Sunday-school, hospital or any charitable organization. It is not redeemable and is without value to any individual but will be redeemed by us for one centin cash if surrendered to us by any organizatiomas above described. Below this legend is the facsimile signature H of the issuing' party. The other face of the coupon B contains the following legend J You will helpkyour church', Sunday school, hospital or any charitable organization by giving them this extracoupon... It is withlow this legend is again the signature H2 of the issuingparty.

From the foregoing it will be seen that both coupons A and B are redeemable, the

coupon A being used by the purchaser of the ioo articles of merchandise Ifor obtaining a valuable premium from the issuing party, and the other coupon being a benefaction coupon Q f A 1,149,044 l with Which the certificates are given .on

' merchandise with which the certificates are` given, and the beneficent institution Which buying said articles especially as lthe pur,- chaser of the articles of merchandise has an inducement' to, again buy the articles of receives the extra coupon B has an object in' inducing other partiesto buy articles of merchandise with Which the premium certificates are given free of charge.

Having thus described myv invention, I

' claim asneW and desire to secure by Letters Patent:

1. A premium certificate, comprising redeemable .coupons detachably connected with each other, one of the said coupons bearing conventional indications to constitute a purchasers coupon redeemable for a valuable premium, and the other coupon bearing conventional indications to constitute a benefaction coupon transferable by the purchaser to a third arty and redeemable by the latter n4for ava -uable consideration.

2. A premium certificate, comprising redeemable coupons detachably connected withV each-other and issued as Whole byan issuing party With the sale of merchandise, one of the said coupons bearing conventional indications to constitute a purchasers couponl redeemable for a valuable premium, and the other coupon bearing conventional indica'- tions to `constitute a benefact-ion coupon transferable to a beneficent institution and redeemable only by the latter for a cash consideration.

3. A premium certificate, comprising` a main coupon and an auxiliary coupon, the coupons being detachably connected with.

.each other, the said main coupon bearing conventional indications to constitute a purchasers coupon redeemable for a valuable premium by the purchaser, and the said auxiliary coupon bearing'conventional indi.-`

cations to 'constitute -a non-personal benefacfj` y55 tion coupon transferable only by the :latter for a cash consideration.

4. A premium certificate, comprising a main ycoupon and an auxiliary detachable coupon, sald main coupon and said'auxillary 50 coupon having-conventional matterV thereon indicating the value of each to' different parties.

5. Av premiumy certificate, comprising a main coupon and an auxiliary detachableiy coupon, said main coupon having conven` tional Amatter thereon indicating its 'value to a purchaser of4 goods from the party issuing said certificate, and said auxiliary coupon having conventional matter thereon indicat? ing lits value to a party other than said pur" chaser. i 5

6L A premiumgcertificate, comprising a main *coupon and dan auxiliary detachable coupon, said mainy coupon having conven- 7'5l tional matter thereon indicating its valuein commodities to the 'person to whom said certificate is issued and said auxiliary. coupon having conventional matterthereon indicating its value in cash to a-party to Whom said coupon is given.

7.' A premium certificate, col'nprisingA a main coupon and an auxiliary detachable coupon, each havingA conventional `matter thereon indicating the value'thereof to-dif-f85 ferent parties lWhen said auxiliary coupon is detached from said main' coupon portion.

- .In testimony whereof I have .signed my.' name to this specification in the presence of 'two subscribing Witnesses. I

' ROBERT ELY GREGG. Witnesses:

A. M. Hnis'r, MARTHA SEERY. 

